Politifact.com: Statements from Randi Weingartenhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/randi-weingarten/Statements from Randi Weingarten reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Randi Weingarten - Union chief criticizes days spent on testinghttp://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2013/apr/24/randi-weingarten/union-chief-criticizes-days-spent-testing/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Union chief criticizes days spent on testing
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<p> Last month, 35 people, including former Superintendent Beverly Hall, were indicted for their alleged roles in a widespread test cheating scandal at Atlanta Public Schools. The educators are accused of a mix of charges involving altering -- or pressuring other educators to alter -- standardized test scores. Some of the accused then accepted bonus money based on the falsified test results. As the long line of defendants made the perp walk into the county jail, critics of standardized testing policies noted that scandals like Atlanta&rsquo;s probably resulted partially from the pressure to succeed on standardized tests. ...</p> <a href="/georgia/statements/2013/apr/24/randi-weingarten/union-chief-criticizes-days-spent-testing/">>> More</a>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2013/apr/24/randi-weingarten/union-chief-criticizes-days-spent-testing/Randi Weingarten - Randi Weingarten says students in strong union states perform better academicallyhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/02/randi-weingarten/randi-weingarten-says-students-strong-union-states/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Randi Weingarten says students in strong union states perform better academically
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<p> Education was the topic du jour on ABC&#39;s This Week on Aug. 29, 2010, and the discussion quickly came around to teachers unions. This Week host Christiane Amanpour asked Randi Weingarten, president of the American Teachers Federation, how schools can get around huge impediments in many collective bargaining agreements to getting rid of bad teachers. Weingarten responded with a quick defense of teachers unions. &quot;Let me say this,&quot; Weingarten said. &quot;First, the states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/02/randi-weingarten/randi-weingarten-says-students-strong-union-states/">>> More</a>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:35:04 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/02/randi-weingarten/randi-weingarten-says-students-strong-union-states/